Frank Morris

Wilbert Roller has filed a revised commercial development proposal for his big, vacant tract at Buck Island Road and Bluffton Parkway.

This comes after Roller’s voluntary withdrawal of his lawsuit against Bluffton, through a consent order. The suit protested his first rezoning application denial by the sitting Town Council in 2006.

The consent order by United States District Judge C. Weston Houck — dated Dec. 15, 2011 — was made with an understanding that allows refiling if Roller can’t sway the current council to approve the new plan.

Courtesy of Mike Vaccaro/Ludtke & Vacarro Architects LLC A conceptual rendering of the proposed pair of art galleries for State of Mind Way in Old Town Bluffton's Calhoun Street Promenade. The prospective tenant of the "restaurant row" buildings, to sit between Bluffton BBQ and Capt. Woody's Bar and Grill, would also offer foods and beverages.

Newton said county officials are hopeful the State Infrastructure Bank will award $25 million from on old, but still pending application for widening the two-lane highway for the full 5-mile stretch — Phases 1 and 2 — between U.S. 278 and S.C. 46.

Courtesy of Beaufort County Artist rendering of proposed S.C. 170 widening between S.C. 46 and U.S. 278.